Leef Smith Barnes is an American journalist and former Washington Post Reporter who relocated to England with her husband and two small children in the summer of 2011. After reading a book that warned transplants discuss only “cats and the weather” in order to blend, she decided there was little reliable guidance for those (American or otherwise) considering a move to the UK.  In that vein, she is writing about her experiences  On The Roundabout.  She moves home to Washington, DC in 2014 and until then is eager to see how many times she is forced to discuss her cat.